Domain query execution using user-provided definition

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive a query from a user, wherein the query comprises at least one term related to a particular domain;
• computer readable program code configured to identify that a desired definition of the at least one term is unknown, by determining that the at least one term does not map to a term having a known definition;
• computer readable program code configured to receive, responsive to requesting feedback from a user, a requested definition of the at least one term from the user;
• computer readable program code configured to add, for the at least one term, the requested definition to a domain grammar comprising (i) domain-specific terminology and (ii) various definitions corresponding to the terms within the domain grammar, wherein the adding comprises (a) extracting expressions from the requested definition and (b) adding, for the at least one term, the expressions into a structured format within the domain grammar;
• computer readable program code configured to combine (iii) the requested definition and (iv) terms from the parsed query having previously known definitions into a complete query;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to provide a response to the query by executing the complete query on a knowledge store.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executable by a processor and comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive a query from a user, wherein the query comprises at least one term related to a particular domain;
• computer readable program code configured to identify that a desired definition of the at least one term is unknown, by determining that the at least one term does not map to a term having a known definition;
• computer readable program code configured to receive, responsive to requesting feedback from a user, a requested definition of the at least one term from the user;
• computer readable program code configured to add, for the at least one term, the requested definition to a domain grammar comprising (i) domain-specific terminology and (ii) various definitions corresponding to the terms within the domain grammar, wherein the adding comprises (a) extracting expressions from the requested definition and (b) adding, for the at least one term, the expressions into a structured format within the domain grammar;
• computer readable program code configured to combine (iii) the requested definition and (iv) terms from the parsed query having previously known definitions into a complete query;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to provide a response to the query by executing the complete query on a knowledge store.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a query from a user;
• identifying known terms within the query having known definitions;
• identifying an unknown term within the query having an unknown definition and being related to a particular subject-matter area, wherein the identifying comprises comparing the unknown term to a subject-matter area grammar and determining the unknown term is not included in the subject-matter area grammar;
• requesting, from a user, a definition for the unknown term;
• for the unknown term and upon receipt of the definition from the user, parsing the definition and adding the parsed definition to the subject-matter area grammar for the unknown term;
• creating a complete query from (i) the definition of the unknown term and (ii) the known definitions of the terms;
• and
• providing a response to the query by utilizing the complete query to perform a search for the response on a knowledge store.